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• HANDS-ON : SevenFriday now in Australia

  By horologium on November 11, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  With so many new brands appearing every year in the watch world, it’s hard for small brands, let alone quite niche ones, to get coverage, let alone traction. The Zurich based SevenFriday, launched in 2012, has somehow managed to break… Read More ›

• EVENT : Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates 180 years – Sydney

  By horologium on November 1, 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  As part of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 180th anniversary in 2013 it has been holding dinners and events around the world. A few weeks ago the celebrations hit Sydney, with a gala dinner held at Guillaume at Bennelong, one of Sydney’s finest restaurants… Read More ›

• NEW: Archimede Pilot 42 Beobachtung

  By horologium on October 28, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  At some point in their watch acquisition careers, many watch enthusiasts will find themselves wanting a pilots’ watch of some type. This label has developed quite a broad meaning over the decades, covering all manner of dial designs and functions…. Read More ›

• NEWS : New flying tourbillon from Baume et Mercier

  By horologium on October 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Horologium has previously covered Baume et Mercier’s 2013 Clifton collection release, including the chronograph model which will be formally launched next year. The recent inaugural Watches & Wonders Richemont fair in Hong Kong was the scene for the announcement of… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : A diving classic – the Squale 101 Atmos 2002

  By horologium on October 19, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  The name of the watch brand Squale is derived from the Italian ‘squalo’ for shark, which forms part of the logo for the important dive watch brand that is the subject of today’s post. Squale’s origins lie in a small… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : Linde Werdelin’s Oktopus II Moon Gold and ‘try before you buy’

  By horologium on October 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Following on from my previous post covering two Linde Werdelin SpidoLite II Titanium models, this second post is about a watch from the other main collection wing of Linde Werdelin’s offerings, the Oktopus II Moon Gold. As the next ste… Read More ›

• DUBEY & SCHALDENBRAND : the Index-Mobile split second chronograph

  By horologium on October 7, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  The Dubey & Schaldenbrand brand, not widely known today, was founded in 1946 by Georges Dubey and René Schaldenbrand, though it has long ceased to be linked to anyone of either surname. Its current owner, Jonatan Gil, took over in… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : the Parmigiani Transformer CBF

  By horologium on October 2, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Parmigiani’s Transforma collection is as the name describes – watches that can ‘transform’; in their case, into a wristwatch, pocket watch or small table clock, the final transformation courtesy of the watch winder/ presentation case. The Transforma CBF (Confederação Brasileira… Read More ›

• NEWS & HANDS-ON : Baume et Mercier’s new Clifton chronograph

  By horologium on September 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  At SIHH 2013, Baume et Mercier launched a new flagship collection called ‘Clifton’, which I covered earlier this year, with the first models for this new flagship collection available in time-only, time and date, and moonphase versions. Of course it… Read More ›

• HANDS-ON : the Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT

  By horologium on September 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Seiko’s Spring Drive technology has been featured on Horologium before. You can read more about the ‘hybrid’ mechanical-quartz Spring Drive movement at the previous posts and how technologically and mechanically significant a development it has been for Seiko, but this… Read More ›